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Elon Musk’s demand to know how many fake accounts or bots are on Twitter has been headline news since the Tesla tycoon offered $44 billion for the social media company.
How many social media accounts are actually social media bots? ⬇️
How many social media accounts are actually social media bots?
In Southern California, large crowds gathered to participate in a March for Our Lives demonstration this weekend, a national movement demanding lawmakers do more to stop gun violence.
In Southern California, large crowds gathered at Grand Park in Los Angeles, Harvey Milk Park in Long Beach, and Main Beach in Laguna Beach.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited a “new phase” of the pandemic in a statement confirming the end of the requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before entering the US.
Many travelers in the United States and abroad have been waiting for it. The travel industry has been pushing for it. And on Sunday an end arrives to the requirement for travelers to test negative …
Gas costs a bundle – dining at these classic restaurants won't.
Gas costs a bundle – dining at these classic restaurants won’t.
Councilwoman Mary Zendejas took a step forward in her bid to win a first full term as Long Beach’s District 1 representative outright, after the Los Angeles County registrar released its first post-election update on Friday afternoon.
Councilwoman Mary Zendejas went slightly above the majority threshold needed for her to win reelection outright.
The 2022 statewide primary may be over — but the political stress isn’t.
Especially for candidates either clinging to a tenuous lead or those only slightly behind.
And that’s the case in multiple races throughout Los Angeles County, including some congressional battles.
The top-two candidates from each race will advance to November’s general election.
Laundry workers from California and Arizona who say they’re struggling to get by on poverty wages plan to rally in Los Angeles on Monday to get their message out.
About 50 employees — most of whom are Latina women working at hospitals, restaurants, hotels and other workplaces — will speak for an estimated 5,000 laundry workers in California, Arizona and New …
Los Angeles County health officials on Friday announced two more presumed cases of monkeypox, bringing the local total to four.
Like the previous cases, the new patients are both showing symptoms but are "doing well" and are in isolation. Both also had a recent travel history.
Like the previous cases, the new patients are both showing symptoms but are “doing well” and are in isolation. Both also had a recent travel history.
A long-time San Gabriel Valley-area school administrator has been named superintendent for El Rancho Unified School District but the decision still needs board approval.
Board President Carolyn Castillo announced the decision late afternoon on Friday via an emailed release, and said it was a unanimous vote.
The board is expected to meet on June 21 to approve the decision to appoint Marco Villegas of Covina, who served as associate superintendent for the past two years for Pasadena Unified School
The Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission received more evidence from its attorney Friday that a violent gang of sheriff’s deputies known as the Banditos controls virtually every aspect of the East L.A. Station, including scheduling and training, and intimidates those who refuse to follow orders.
Among the allegations against an alleged East LA deputy gang are assaults on deputies, withheld back-up support and removing lug nuts from the tires of disfavored deputies.
From among a field of nine candidates for mayor, Los Angeles voters have chosen Congresswoman Karen Bass and billionaire businessman Rick Caruso to face off in the November general election, a litmus test of sorts that will measure the angst and hope of the city.
From among a field of nine candidates for mayor, Los Angeles voters have chosen Congresswoman Karen Bass and billionaire businessman Rick Caruso to face off in the November general election, a litm…
Six Flags has launched a new streamlined annual pass program that can be used at Magic Mountain, Discovery Kingdom and other Six Flags amusement parks and water parks around the country with the option to add a limited dining plan.
The new Six Flags annual pass – which is sold at each park in the chain and varies by price at each location – has four tiers: Summer, Thrill Seeker, Extreme and Ultimate.
Robert Luna gained on Sheriff Alex Villanueva but only slightly after an updated vote tally in the race for Los Angeles County sheriff was released Friday afternoon by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s Office.
New results show Luna with 232,948 votes, up from 184,640 votes. His percentage of the vote rose to 26% from 25% on Wednesday.
Katy Nomura will be Long Beach’s next deputy city manager, the city announced this week.
City Manager Tom Modica made the appointment, which means he will now have an all-woman executive team.
Executive team now will be all women.
Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick said the US’s biggest independent video-game publisher will start negotiating with the Communications Workers of America over a collective bargaining agreement for employees at its subsidiary Raven Software.
Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick said the US’s biggest independent video-game publisher will start negotiating with the Communications Workers of America over a collective b…
A former Transportation Security Administration officer pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of smuggling what he thought was methamphetamine through a TSA checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for $8,000, authorities said.
He was arrested in August 2020 after twice delivering fake drugs to an undercover agent.
A woman was killed in a fiery crash on the 118 Freeway near Porter Ranch, and her husband was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, authorities said.
The crash was reported about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, June 9, on the westbound 118, west of Zelzah Avenue near Porter Ranch.
Cities and nonprofits across Southern California will receive millions of dollars combined from California to implement gun violence-prevention programs, part of $156 million in grants statewide that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday.
The money, part of $156 million in grants statewide, will go to cities and organizations throughout the Southland, including the Inland Empire, and Los Angeles and Orange counties.
They Might Be Giants lead guitarist and singer John Flansburgh was hospitalized with serious injuries following an Upper East Side car crash sparked by a drunk driver, police said Friday.
“The force of the impact actually flipped our car over to its side,” Flansburgh said on Instagram. “While the driver and I oriented ourselves to our new sideways, broken glass and airbag-filled rea…
They Might Be Giants lead guitarist and singer John Flansburgh was hospitalized with serious injuries following an Upper East Side car crash sparked by a drunk driver, police said Friday.
“The force of the impact actually flipped our car over to its side,” Flansburgh said on Instagram. “While the driver and I oriented ourselves to our new sideways, broken glass and airbag-filled rea…
A Las Vegas man charged with killing one man and injuring five others at a Laguna Woods church made his first in-person appearance in an Orange County courtroom on Friday, nearly a month after allegedly carrying out rampage that authorities say was driven by years-long hatred of Taiwanese people.
Chou, wearing a jail uniform and a mask, appeared alert as he stood in a holding cage within a Santa Ana courtroom.
On the day the U.S. inflation rate hit a 40-year high, President Joe Biden traveled to the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro, to discuss efforts to streamline global supply chains and counter rising prices, painting the issue as a worldwide problem fueled largely by Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Data released Friday put the May inflation rate at 8.6% above the same month a year ago.
The Summit of the Americas will draw to a close in Los Angeles on Friday.
The conference convenes once every three or four years and is expected to address issues including immigration, climate, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The summit’s focus: “Building a Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Future” in the Americas. Most events are at or around the Convention Center.
The jaw-dropping Spider-Man stuntronic that gracefully somersaults through the air crashed into the side of an Avengers Campus building — but the Marvel superhero was back in action a short while later at Disneyland without any visible injuries beyond his pride.
The Spider-Man stuntronic smashed into a silo atop the Web Slingers attraction building at Disney California Adventure on Thursday, June 9.
The Farmer John meat-packing plant in Vernon — a frequent target of protests by animal-rights advocates critical of the treatment of pigs at the facility — will close next year, with its Virginia-based owner today citing the rising costs of doing business in California.
Company officials said it is providing “transition assistance” to employees at the plant, including “relocation options” to other Smithfield facilities and farms.
President Joe Biden and other Western Hemisphere leaders are set to announce on Friday what is being billed as a roadmap for countries to host large numbers of migrants and refugees.
‘Team building’ exercises at retreats were where Golden Bears’ head coach Teri McKeever learned athletes’ weaknesses and traumas, and then exploited them, swimmers say.
‘Team building’ exercises at retreats were where McKeever learned athletes’ weaknesses and traumas, and then exploited them, swimmers say.
MacLaren Children’s Center, a notorious and now closed foster care facility in El Monte, faces a lawsuit filed on behalf of 31 victims alleging decades of horrific physical and sexual child abuse by staff members.
New lawsuit filed on behalf of 31 victims alleges they were subjected to physical and sexual abuse by employees of the shuttered Los Angeles County facility in El Monte.
The 40th annual Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival is scheduled to return as an in-person event celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories and voices in cinema.
The 11-day event will take place in various venues throughout Los Angeles July 14-24.
The 11-day event will take place in various venues throughout Los Angeles July 14-24.
For Father’s Day steakhouses will be having special menus, while casual chains are offering bonuses for gift card purchases around the holiday.
Here is a sampling of what’s out there at restaurant chains.
Chains such as Black Angus, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Claim Jumper have promotions for the holiday.
The theme park's annual scare-a-thon kicks off on Sept. 8 and will run select evenings through Oct. 31.
May was the Port of Long Beach’s strongest month this year, with 890,989 cargo container units processed.
That also made May the second-busiest month on record for the nation’s second busiest port in its 111-year history.
Imports decreased slightly compared to the same month last year — only because May 2021 was the best month on record.
Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Stoneman Douglas High School, Robb Elementary School and many other school shootings since 1999 are on the minds of students who are leading protest marches on June 11 calling for stricter gun-control laws in the United States.
Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Stoneman Douglas High School, Robb Elementary School and many other school shootings since 1999 are on the minds of students who …
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